article on Darien Gap road
 

Here's an interesting article about the controversy on whether to build a road through the Darien Gap. Columbia's president wants a road, and he's lobbying hard for Panama to build it. The Panamanians have concerns about security and environmental problems.

Jungle Highway Plan Spurs Security, Eco Fears in Panama
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...dariengap.html

-John

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I totally support the Panamian!! this forest should stay as it is...

Interesting, but I wouldn't trust everything the National Geographic say. The March edition featured a damning, sensationalised, egotistical and inaccurate picture of Medellin in Colombia. Having spent FAR longer there than I intended, I met nothing but the most wonderful people who are now very pissed off at this publication. The area I live in in London can be much more dangerous - depends on what you do, doesn't it?

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"There's no justice, just us".
2004 650 KLR, Colombia

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